Daily Archives: 2021-08-15

27th Jan 2018 | Elizabeth Sasu After decades of negotiations and stalemate, finally, African countries are set to launch the African single air transport market at the African Union Heads of State and Government Summit that will take place tomorrow at the union’s headquarters…

25th Jan 2018 | Elizabeth Sasu The Honourable Minister for Aviation, Mad. Cecilia Dapaah, has tasked the Ghana Civil Aviation Authority and Lands Commission to remove encroachers from the Aviation site that houses the Doppler VHF Omnidirectional Range (DVOR) at East Legon. This development…

24th Jan 2018 | Elizabeth Sasu Brussels Airlines has retired its last BAE Systems Avro RJ100 regional jet. The Lufthansa Group carrier says it operated a final scheduled service with the type on 28 October: a flight from Geneva to the Belgian capital. “From today onwards,…

24th Jan 2018 | Elizabeth Sasu Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe is a major owner behind a new national airline, which is set to be handed lucrative long-haul licences to London and the Far East. The move has been condemned by opposition leaders who say it…

24th Jan 2018 | Elizabeth Sasu Ethiopian Airlines Group, the largest airline in Africa, and the Ethiopian Airports Services are pleased to announce that they have availed free Wi-Fi connection at its main hub, Addis Ababa Bole International Airport as of October 2017. Group CEO…

23rd Jan 2018 | Elizabeth Sasu The International Air Transport Association (IATA) September report of the Airlines Financial Monitor shows, compared to the more complete financial data from Q2, that the year-on-year decline in profit margins was quite small for the industry in aggregate,…

23rd Jan 2018 | Elizabeth Sasu Southwest is America’s third biggest airline and the seventh largest in the world, with around 49,000 employees. In the UK, male pilots outnumber female pilots 16 to 1, rising to 33 to 1 at the nation’s biggest holiday company,…

23rd Jan 2018 | Elizabeth Sasu The U.S. government is urging the world airline community to ban laptops from checked luggage because of the potential for a catastrophic fire. Tests show when a laptop’s rechargeable lithium-ion battery overheats in close proximity to an aerosol spray…

23rd Jan 2018 | Elizabeth Sasu The regional turboprop manufacturer ATR (a joint venture between Airbus and Leonardo), will attend the Seoul International Aerospace & Defence Exhibition 2017 (Seoul ADEX 2017), between the 17th and 22nd of October. The airshow provides ATR with an excellent opportunity…

23rd Jan 2018 | Elizabeth Sasu Ethiopian Airlines has been crowned as the Rising Star Carrier of the Year both in industry and customer choice awards on Payload Asia Awards 2017 gala dinner and awards ceremony, held at Crowne Plaza Changi Airport, Singapore.   Payload Asia magazine, a respected…